Our freedom is threatened every time one of our young people is killed by another child, every time a person gets stopped and beaten by the police because of the color of their skin.
ROSA PARKSVictory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
More Rosa Parks Quotes
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Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet, what can victory bring to the proletariat?
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I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.
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If I stayed angry at other people, I would miss finding friends among those I was angry with.
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I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
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Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.
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There were times when it would have been easy to fall apart or to go in the opposite direction, but somehow I felt that if I took on more step, someone would come along to join me.
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I don’t think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race.
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It takes more than one person to bring about peace – it takes all of us.
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When I see the leadership roles black women are taking today I am very encouraged.
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That was a difference between black slaves and white indentured servants. Black slaves were usually not allowed to keep their names, but were given new names by their owners.
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If I can sit down for freedom, you can stand up for children.
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I was determined to achieve the total freedom that our history lessons.
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Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.
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God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
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I will no longer act on the outside in a way that contradicts the truth that I hold deeply inside. I will no longer act as if I were less than the whole person I know myself inwardly to be.
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